Roman Catholic Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro

Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro
Dioecesis Dianensis-Policastrensis

Teggiano Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Statistics
Area 1,986 km2 (767 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
117,200
116,400 (99.3%)
Parishes 81
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 21 September 1850
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore e S. Michele Arcangelo (Teggiano)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Policastro Bussentino)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R.
Website
www.diocesiteggiano.org
Co-cathedral in Policastro Bussentino

The Italian Latin Catholic Diocese of (Diano-)Teggiano-Policastro (Latin: Dioecesis Dianensis-Policastrensis), in Campania, has existed since 1850, under its present name since 1986. In that year the Diocese of Diano-Teggiano was united with the diocese of Policastro.

The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.[1] Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore e S. Michele Arcangelo, in Teggiano.

The current bishop is Antonio De Luca

History

On 29 September 1850, Pope Pius IX established the Diocese of Diano–Teggiano with the episcopal see at Diano, at the instance of king Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, on territories assembled for its Metropolitan the Archdiocese of Salerno, from the bishopric of Cava and from the see of Capaccio–Diano. He ordered the bishop of Capaccio to fix his residence in the town of Diano; thenceforth the see was to be known as Capaccio and Diano.

But under the second bishop, Domenico Fanello (1858–83), Capaccio was again separated from Diano and united with the Diocese of Vallo, in which town the bishop now resides. In 1882 Diano received the name of Teggiano.[2]

On 1976.09.08 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro.

On 1986.09.30 it was renamed as Diocese of Teggiano–Policastro, having gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Policastro, whose name was incorporated while its former cathedral was made a Co-cathedral.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Diano-Teggiano
Suffragan Bishops of Teggiano–Policastro

Notes

  1. Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. Catholic Encyclopedia article

Sources and External links

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 40°23′00″N 15°32′00″E / 40.3833°N 15.5333°E / 40.3833; 15.5333

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